Guns in the News

LTE: Banning guns in city parks makes sense

Every so often, it's good to remind ourselves just how uninformed our opponents truly are. OFCC PAC Commentary provided in blue . May 23, 2005 Port Clinton News Herald At last, someone with good sense has stood up and said enough; "Stay out of our parks when carrying arms!" and refusing to back down when confronted by the so-called hidden gun carriers. Yes, if you're a non-gun owner who likes...

Dayton Daily News publishes final report on CHL Records Roundtable

On May 5, the Dayton Daily News asked about 20 people to participate in a roundtable discussion about the issues of concealed handgun licenses and the public's right to know vs. an individual's right to privacy. The roundtable was part of a national effort sponsored by the Associated Press Managing Editors to encourage newspapers to discuss open government and freedom of information issues with...

CCW news from the States

D.C.: Senate to pursue gun ownership law for city Some Senate Republicans are preparing to launch an assault on the District's gun laws. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cronyn of Texas and George Allen of Virginia are signing on as sponsors of the District of Columbia Personal Protection Act of 2005. The measure would repeal the District's prohibition against most private handgun ownership...

LTE: Restrictive concealed-carry law offers travelers in Ohio little help

May 19, 2005 Cleveland Plain Dealer Stopping along the highway leaves anyone in peril. A Pennsylvania doctor, his wife and a relative stopped on the Ohio Turnpike to change drivers. A car pulled up behind their vehicle, and a man got out, demanding money. Then he shot and killed the doctor and drove off. Had the doctor been armed, instead of retrieving his wallet for the robber, he might have...

Op-Ed: Time to Control Dangerous Assault Journalists

By Alan Gottlieb Seventeen confirmed dead and hundreds injured. This was not the work of some stereotypical lunatic with a gun, but the handiwork of a careless reporter who must have graduated from the Dan Rather School of investigative journalism. Now that Newsweek has lived up to the high standard of prevarication established by Jayson Blair at the New York Times and by Janet Cooke at Newsweek’...

LTE: Take fight to those with illegal weapons

May 18, 2005 Toledo Blade The silence is deafening. That is, I haven't heard of any comments or apologies from the anti-concealed-carry or anti-gun hawks who predicted road rage and wild west shoot-outs throughout the state when the CCW law was enacted a year ago. However, after a year, not one CCW citizen has been cited for any reason. But the shootings continue as non-law-abiding crooks,...

Ladies: Protect thyself!

Toledo: Police unveil sketch of assault suspect Toledo police released a sketch yesterday of a man accused of sexually assaulting a 42-year-old East Toledo woman after approaching her with a knife last week. The woman was walking home from a house in the 1500 block of Albert Street in East Toledo when she approached the viaduct on East Broadway about 7:30 p.m. May 12. The suspect approached her...

When awarding citizen heroes, why did Toledo PD forget the CHL-holder?

The Toledo Blade is reporting that Toledo police held a ceremony this week to honor 19 citizens for acts that helped police solve numerous crimes in 2004. Conspicuously missing, however, is an award for a man who helped police solve crimes by using his legally carried firearm . From the story: "Help me," the 12-year-old girl mouthed to John Neal through the window of a car driving away from his...

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